?ù The rest of the exam went fairly well until the doctor brought up the suggestion to have a colonoscopy. Now for you youngsters out there, a colonoscopy is when a medical technician runs a plumber 's snake with a tiny camera attached all the way up through your digestive tract to see if anything is off kilter. You can even keep the snapshots if you like. Well, I wouldn 't consider that procedure as a Kodak Moment, and they can keep the pictures.
Luckily for me, I 'm several months away from my 50th birthday, and I told the doc I 'll think about it then. With my poor memory, I wouldn 't be surprised to forget to have it done. I guess I should have it done, though. As W.C. Fields once said, "There comes a time in the affairs of man when he must take the bull by the tail and face the situation. "
Speaking of old age disease, there 's been a lot of talk of "male menopause. " It 's bad enough to turn gray and arthritic, now we risk going through menopause just like a woman. I 'm not sure what age this starts, but I 'm afraid I may have it. Seems like every time I stepped outside this past summer, I had me one of those hot flashes. Dang, what 's next?
All in all, my quasi-annual physical wasn 't too bad, except when the doctor asked how long has it been since I had a tetanus shot. I forgot to study my vaccine history the night before the exam, so I was caught with my pants down. (Actually that happened earlier) So I was thinking, if the tetanus vaccine is good for 10 years, I 'll say I had one fiv e years ago. I guess I pondered my answer a little too long because the good doctor said, "Let 's go ahead and give you another. " Sure, why not. A shot in the arm will be icing on the cake.
Remember when I said I don 't mind needles? Well, I lied. I hate needles, and I still don 't like exams. I 'm not too fond of this aging process, neither.
